Dish-cleaner



(No Model.) 7

J. H. NOLEN, Jr. DISH CLEANER.

Patented Apr. 2; 1.895;

Inventor,

John HNoZen Jr.

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Daniel L. @011 don Orville PVT Bradley.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFrr.

, JOHN H. NOLEN, JR, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,889, dated April 2,1895.

Application filed 3 12, 1894. Serial No. 517,879. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. NOLEN, Jr., a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Machine for Washing Dishes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My improvement pertains to that particu lar class of dish-washers inwhich the dishes are placed and rotated in a wire cage, or reticulatedreceptacle, which is adapted to be rotated in a water-holder, or pan,and is removable therefrom.

The novel features will be hereinafter pointed out.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of myimproved dishwasher, the dish-holder proper being in place in thewater-holder, or pan. Fig. 2 is a simi- 2o lar section, save that thedish-holder proper is shown removed from the pan and set upon the coverof the latter. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the dish-holderproper. Fig. 4: is a plan (top) view of the dish-washer,

2 5 part of the cover of the dish-holder proper being broken away.

The water-holder, or pan, A, is cylindrical in form, and provided with aconical cover,

M, for closing its open top. The dish-holder B, has a like shape, but isof less height and diameter, so that it may be set into and revolvedwithin the pan, A. The latter has a central pivot, G, and lateralhandles, h, also a rabbeted top, J, to receive the edge of the 5 cover,0.

4o idly connected with the body of the dishholder, through the medium ofa cross-bar E, towhich it is riveted at, 25, while the pendent ends ofsaid bar are similarly secured to the sides of the dish-holder, B, byrivets, 1'. So

5 far as described the dish-washer has no essentially novel features.

The dish-holder, B, is provided interiorly with wings, L, which consistof oblong, metal plates arranged oppositely and inclined from thevertical at an angle of about forty-five degrees. They are attached tothe inner sides of the holder, B, so that they project inward and arethus adapted to perform two functions, namely: They support the dishesplaced in the holder, B, and prevent them from being displaced, andperhaps broken, by reason of sudden reversed rotary movements of theholder, and they take up and agitate the water in the holder, and thusaid materially in washing the dishes.

Another internal feature of the dish-holder, B, consists in theattachment of Wires, or rings, w, to its bottom, to serve as abutments,or stops, against which the lower edges of the dishes are supported,thus constituting an additional means for preventing them slipping outof due position. 7

The conical cover, 0, of the water-holder, or pan, A, has handles, H,and a central hole through which the crank-handle D, pro ects, and inwhich it works loosely so that the cover forms the upper bearing of thecrank-shaft or handle. The said handles, H, are secured to the upperside or the cover, 0, and project laterally over the edge of the same,and also over the edge of the pan, A, as shown in Fig. 1. By thisconstruction and arrangement of parts, the cover, 0, is'adapted, whenreversed, or turned upside down, as shown in Fig. 2, to support thedish-holder, B, and receive the drip therefrom, and reconvey it into thepan, A; while, by reason of the arrangement of the handles, H, wherebythey support the cover on the pan, A, an annular space is providedbetween the edges of the pan and cover, through which steam finds freeexit.

In order that the operation and advantages of my invention may be betterunderstood, I will further state, that, in practice the cylinder, orpan, A, is held filled with boiling hot water, or else with cold waterand then set on a stove, and the contents thereby heated to the boilingpoint. The holder, B, 15 taken to the table, or side-board, thenreplaced 1n the pan, A, and the cover, 0, adjusted on thelatter, asshown in Fig. 2. The dish-holder, B, is then rotated backward andforward by means of the crank, D, for a period of, say, thirty seconds.Then the cover, O, is removed and the dish-holder, B, raised and loweredquickly, in the water, several times, to rinse the dishes as thoroughlyas practicable. The dish-holder is next removed, and the cover, 0,inverted, and supported upon the pan, A, by means of the same having acentral pivot,of the dish holder proper, consisting 01": a cylinderhaving imperforate sides, a perforated bottom, and internal wings, whichare arranged oppositely and inclined at an angle of about fortyfivedegrees, whereby they are adapted to support the dishes and take upWater when the 20 dish'holder is rotated, as specified.

JOHN H. NOLEN, JR.

Witnesses:

ORVILLE W. BRADLEY, DANIEL L. OoNDoN.

